Tone Deaf: A Theatre Nerd’s Guide for their Musically Challenged Spouse

Welcome to "Tone Deaf: After Dark (In the Car, On the Way Home). Normally, these episodes are posted to Patreon only but we decided to post this one on the normal feed! (Join the patreon for the extended, "Eeby Deeby Neeby to Sleeby" cut of the episode!) In this recorded in the car episode (thus the sound quality), K and Warren discuss their immediate thoughts on a live production of Once On This Island at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theatre in Pleasant Grove, UT, courtesy of one of K's closest theatre friends (Thanks, Sean!!!). If you are in Utah between the release date and July 3rd, 2026, then check out this stellar production of Once On This Island at The Ruth. Tickets and show information can be found at https://www.theruth.org/ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/tonedeafmusical Subscribe for more shenanigans! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvkOoAewCm516PyofP7agBw?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our podcast here on youtube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJ9qmk-v3mRC-OlKfHSdD0mrStgyGE53&si=AWuXj-MrsuGPxDiK Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres!

Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/tonedeafmusical Subscribe for more shenanigans! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvkOoAewCm516PyofP7agBw?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our podcast here on youtube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJ9qmk-v3mRC-OlKfHSdD0mrStgyGE53&si=AWuXj-MrsuGPxDiK In this episode, K introduces Warren to their new favorite director, screenwriter, and playwright, Melvin Van Peebles by way of the musical "Don't Play us Cheap". We briefly talk about Melvin Van Peebles' amazing life, we discuss metaphorical cannibalism (it makes sense in context), and Warren learns about The Screwtape Letters. Remember folks, "If you see a devil, SMASH HIM!" Promo: One Mic Black History Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres!

K and Warren are back from their hiatus to talk about Hylics - a video game series that has completely rewritten K's brain - There's even a musical! Calm your mandibles and prepare to usurp the king of the Moon and end the Spell of Absurdity with your newfound best friends in an argillaceous world - discovering that the real power was friendship, gestures, and, of course, paper cups! Opening song - A parody of "Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins by Stephen Sondheim. Original MIDI sequencing done by Matt Hudson of Hamienet. Hylicization of said MIDI, remixing, vocals, parody lyrics, and drums by K. Warren's Playthrough of Hylics: https://youtu.be/lMjGw4-4YSE?si=AfZhd5nSjCNyDRuW Promo: Sage and Savant Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  Follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Tumblr @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com Lyrics to the opening song: Dracula: Confidant good-en! Gland pull, end lament. Aggregating friends. You wanna kill a Moon tyrant? Come on and kill the Moon tyrant. Wayne go. Gestures incognito If felled just consume a warm burrito World remains in a spell of absurdity Life gone mad, genesis molded from clay Ambulate mountain with haste Snap gesture melt into paste Afterlife restore and meld papillae Dedusmuln cup attainable Answers obtainable Your will increased for good? Archaeologist prenticehood Join Wayne and kill Lord Gibbulus. chorus Respite world recover from absurdity Regicide bonding or that's what they say Aim for moon Space shuriken Holopleather abalative Order brought to chaotic world of clay Blue orphan Endling of your kind Skulls Ambulate underground Fate enmeshed and intertwined Join Wayne Lord Gibby must be discrowned Azure one, Leech flesh cleave to yours Gauntlets grabbed and refound Azure one, Don't neglect to smash bugs for might. Dread knight leave your vault Channel lightning bolt Ancient one exalt Pongorma: Let us join and obliterate lord Gibby World went mad but not all is as it seems Gain clean status Grind the meat Hylem restores Brief defeat Together upend the absurdity Pongorma and Dracula: These hylics Dracula: Creatures of flesh and will Pongorma: Catlinited Dracula: World chelated Pongorma and Dracula: All hylics Pongorma: Respite from death fulfilled Dracula: In the hylem Pongorma: Restore your cat-ions Pongorma and Dracula: Slay Gibby Pongorma: Revive and do not quit Dracula: That's it! Pongorma: And reveal your true grit Wayne, Somsnosa, and Dracula: Everybody's got a plan to kill Gibby Dedusmuln and Pongorma: And maybe blow the moon to smithereens Wayne, Somsnosa, and Dracula: To smithereens All: Clawman, foothead, Monoops Slay them then collect what drops Everybody needs more lucidity Usurp, end this spell of Absurdity!

In this episode, K and Warren watch and discuss Shuffle Along - a Black musical classic from 1921 by Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller (whose name K can't pronounce), and Aubrey Lyles. K discovers their new favorite author, Caseen Gaines, we discuss the double standards in what is considered a "classic", and Warren discovers that love uh ... finds a way. Promo: One Mic Black History Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  Join the Podcast Nexus (formerly Cast Junkie discord) and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

Fandom: The Bible. Pairings: Mary/Joseph, Herod/Gabriel. Author's Note: First five reviewers get immaculately conceived. Please no flames, I just really love M-slash-J. I know, this is a popular pairing, but it's popular for a reason, dangit! I was going to do this in script format but apparently that's not allowed on this site anymore, so prose it is! Joseph: Don't forget the disclaimer, K! Mary: Yeah, you don't want to be sued by God! Fig: I'm going to be a marketable plushie! I do not own the Bible or the Book of Luke. Please do not sue me! Thanks for reading! I'll try to update next week but no promises! XP ... I'm sorry, I don't know what came over us. In this special Holiday episode, K and Warren watch Journey to Bethlehem, the Mary and Joseph - of the Bible - musical romantic comedy. Choices were made and we're both so glad that they were. Merry Christmas, folks. This episode is WILD

This week, K and Warren discuss a production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder that helped get them through a rough time. Warren mispronounces character names (as he does) and K goes on some tangents. We're back, baby! Promo: Animorphing Time Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help local theatres! Support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA during the strikes at https://www.wgacontract2023.org/take-action/stand-with-writers and https://members.sagfoundation.org/donate Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  Join the Podcast Nexus (formerly Cast Junkie discord) and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Bluesky, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

This week, we round out this February's Black Theatre History series with a look at musical revues, Donald McKayle, and his 1981 revue, Sophisticated Ladies! We discuss jazz, modern dance, and Warren uses this episode to say "scat" more times than he has ever said it! It's a toe tapping good time in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: The Bird Brain Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help theatres survive the pandemic! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id=13889 Join the Cast Junkie discord and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

This week we cover one of K's all time favorite musicals to watch and be in, Once on This Island. We discuss two versions that K was in before watching the American Musical Theatre of San Jose's production. Will Warren have the same fondness that K has for this musical?  We also discuss colorism, the importance of having an all-Black cast, Rosa Guy, and just how dark the original Little Mermaid was! Promo: Book of Lies the Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help theatres survive the pandemic! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id=13889 Join the Cast Junkie discord and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

This is a long one but we had a lot to say on it! K introduces Warren to his second opera, George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Along the way, we talk about an amazing Black opera singer, Anne Wiggins Brown, we discuss representation in theatre, and Warren writes a sequel. Promo: One Mic Black History Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help theatres survive the pandemic! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id=13889 Join the Cast Junkie discord and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com

Correction: K mentions the "Rap Saturday's Voyeur" with the incorrect year. The year should have been 2005 and not 2003. This week, K and Warren talk about the inaugural production of the local musical, SLAC Cabaret. We discuss corn flakes, people who look related, the Salt Lake Airport, and Multi-level marketing! Thank you again to Latoya Cameron for the tickets!  Promo: Cee U Next Tuesday Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor’s Fund, and the Artist’s Relief Tree to find out how you can help theatres survive the pandemic! Buy some merch at our TeePublic!  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/tonedeafmusical?ref_id=13889 Join the Cast Junkie discord and help support indie podcasts at https://discord.gg/ajPg3JSg6e. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebadger @ToneDeafMusical for some dank theatre memes, check out the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tonedeafmusical and visit our website, tonedeafmusical.com